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Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
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William M. Morris
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There was a knight came riding by In early spring, when the roads were dry And he heard that lady sing at the noon, Two red roses across the moon.
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I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.
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All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for the incomer.
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I know a little garden close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night. And have one with me wandering.
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If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals & miserable men.
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Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not the victory vain. Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.
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That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.
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Don't think too much of style.
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Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.
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To happy folkAll heaviest words no more of meaning bearThan far-off bells saddening the Summer air.
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It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.
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We are only the trustees for those who come after us.
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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
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I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got John Malone (TCI's chairman) to go along. There's a real commitment to build a new AT&T.
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What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?
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It has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself -- a convenient belief to those who live on the labour of others. But as to those on whom they live, I recommend them not to take it on trust, but to look into the matter a little deeper.
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My work is the embodiment of dreams in one form or another.
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Give me love and work - these two only.
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I have said as much as that the aim of art was to destroy the curse of labour by making work the pleasurable satisfaction of our impulse towards energy, and giving to that energy hope of producing something worth its exercise.
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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.
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